Elia Kazan, (pronounced EEL-ya ka-ZAHN) September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003, was a Greek-American award-winning film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. Kazan was a three-time Academy Award winner, a five-time Tony Award winner, a four-time Golden Globes winner as well as a recipient of numerous awards and nominations in other prestigious festivals as the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. Read more at Wikipedia
Weinstein showcases Grace Kelly, Mandela flicks
...the Rye" film, noting that he was told by Salinger's estate that the decades-long list of suitors begins not with him, but Elia Kazan and Mike Nichols. The long-awaited "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," starring Idris Elba, places Mandela almost in an action...


